Unlike the popular perception that Pakistan will be annihilated during their two-match Test series against Australia, batting legend Ricky Ponting believes the visitors "won’t be a pushover" as they look to end their losing streak down under.

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Ponting’s comment came in the wake of Pakistan’s impressive performance in a three-day warm-up match against Australia A in Perth last week.

"Some of the (Australian) batsmen going into the first Test might just be a little bit wary of what they saw in Perth," Ponting told cricket.com.au.

"There was some serious pace there, some great control from Imran Khan and we know that Mohammad Abbas has got great control and the ability to nip the ball back into the right-handers.

"They won't be a pushover.

"And on the batting side, they've got a few guys that we saw in Perth who can really play. I’m interested to see how they go."

While Pakistani batsmen posted 428/10 and 152/3 (declared) on the board, the bowlers bowled out and restricted Australia A to 122 and 91/2 across the two innings in Perth.

Babar Azam and Asad Shafiq were the stars with the bat but it was the teenage pacer Naseem Shah, who grabbed everyone’s attention with hostile bowling.

"They've got so much talent," Ponting said. "And in the last 10 years when they haven't been playing home Test matches (for security reasons), they've done a remarkable job to be as competitive as they have and continue to bring on the level of talented players they have.

"They have this ability to pluck these players out of nowhere. They have this 16-year-old and a 17-year-old here, who hopefully we’ll get a chance to see.

"It's the same with their whole team – you're just never really sure what they're going to do."

Despite the talent at disposal on the opposition camp, Ponting is still expecting a 2-0 series win for Tim Paine and company.

"We know the Australian attack ... is probably the best in the world right now, so they'll challenge the Pakistani batsman, for sure," he said.

"There's some uncertainty around our batting that we know about and the Pakistan attack will be OK.

"Pakistan shouldn’t win a Test, but we’ll see."

(Inputs from cricket.com.au)